butylidenephthalide

dairy lactone

Found in 3 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor description: celery, herbal, lovage
Odor threshold: 1675.0 ppb
Retention index: 1718

Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

? Partial match

FEMA number: 3333
GRAS publication: GRAS 6
FEMA primary name: 3-BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE

Use-level matrix not extracted for this substance — check the source publication for current ppm guidance.

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain butylidenephthalide. Ingredients with a measured concentration come first, ranked by odour activity; the rest follow by how large a share of that ingredient's profile this molecule is. The figure beside each is how many different compounds that ingredient has in total — not the concentration of butylidenephthalide in it.

265 cmpds

281 cmpds

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